Lone Star Press Takes Home Two PIASC Best of Category Awards

We are excited to announce that on April 7th, 2017 Lone Star Press was awarded two PIASC* Print Excellence Awards for the categories of "Cards" and "Foil Stamping & Embossing/Debossing". The PIASC is a regional trade association for the print industry and hosts this annual event which sees hundreds of entries for different categories. As a recipient of two Best of Category awards our entries will automatically be entered in the PIA** Premier Print Awards which is a national award show hosted later this year. Our winning entry was a beautiful holiday card that printed in CMYK full color, custom die cut and had heavy coverage of silver foil stamping on both sides. A photo of the winning entry is below.

In addition to the two Best of Category awards Lone Star Press also received a Certificate of Merit for an annual report entry. 

*Print Industry Association of Southern California
**Print Industry Association

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Los Angeles, CA – Janet Green, Public Relations Chair of PIASC, presented the winners of the 12th Annual Regional Print Excellence Awards competition at the recent PIASC Graphics Night at the Pacific Palms Resort in Industry Hills on Friday, April 8, 2016. Only the Best of Show, People’s Choice, Best of Division, and Best of Category awards were presented at this event. 

The evening was a true celebration of “Print Power” as over 300 guests admired the exhibit of entries which consisted of the Best of Category and Award of Excellence winning pieces. During this time, guests took part in the “People’s Choice Award” by submitting their vote for the one piece that captured their attention. After the reception, guests entered the Majestic Ballroom for dinner, followed by the presentation of the Ben Franklin Award, posthumously awarded to Douglas Waldron, Jr. as this year’s Executive of the Year. Following that Jim Joyce, PIASC Chairman of the Board, assisted Janet Green with the presentation of the Print Excellence Awards.

Companies that participated could receive up to 6 different awards:

 Best of Show, awarded to the one most outstanding entry from the entire competition.
 Best of Division, awarded to one company within like-size printers.
 Best of Category, awarded to the most outstanding entry in each category.
 Award of Excellence, awarded to those entries which are runner-ups for each category.
 Certificate of Merit, awarded to those meritorious of recognition for their high level of quality in printing and design.
 People’s Choice Award, awarded to the one piece which was selected by industry peers and guests during Graphics Night. 

Lone Star Press, LLC
1 Best of Category
2 Awards of Excellence